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Rake and Hay Loader.

Patented Aug. 17, 1869.

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JACOB F. CHANDLER, OF 'CONICORDQNEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSI'GNOR TO HIMSELFAND ABNER F. DURGIN, OF :S AME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 93,806, dated August 17 1869.

IIEPROVEMENT IN HAY-BAKER. AHD LOADER.

".lhe Schedule referred to in these Letter: Patent and making partof the same.

Know all men bythese presents That I, JACOB F. CHANDLER, of Concord, in the county of Merrimack, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefnl'orimpro ved Mar chinefor Baking and Loading Hay; and I do hereby declare the same tobe fully described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichs Figure l is an end view.

Figure 2 isa top view,

Figure 3 is a transverse section.

Figure 4 is a view of the follower-board, detached from the machine.

v Figure 5 is a transverse section, showing the rake, as it is fastened to the cross-timber behind'the machine. p

' The nature of my inventionconsists of an endless apron, shownin the drawings A A A A A, in fig. 2, which revolves around two shafts, B B B B B B, one at the top and one at the bottom of the machine.

Inside of the slats are fastened iron rods 0,0, ex-

tending across the slats, on which are wireteeth'l) D l) D D, which extend througha slot in the slats.

Between each tooth arecoils of wire, E E, aroundthe ironrods, 'at even distances from each other,

which, in their coiled form, keepjthe teeth in their proper position to each other.

A rake, having wire teeth, is fastenedtothe crosstimber at the back part of the machine, as shown by fig. 5. I

The rake should be about twelve feet wide, and when the machine is in motion, will rake thehay from the ground.

The machine is attachedto. the hind part of the hay-cart by means of shackles, and as the cart is drawn forward by the team, the wheel under the machine is made toturn, which sets it in motion.

The teeth affixed to the iron rods which pass through the slats revolve with the endless apron, and in their revolutions elevate the hay from the front part of the rake, over the top of the machine, on to. the cart, and by means of the two'slides F F. the

coiled springs between the teeth are pressed together in their revolutions, as they rise to the top'of the ma chine, bringing the hay into narrower limits, which is guided and kept in place by the follower-board behind the machine.

As each" rod on which are placed the teeth passes so as toelevate, from the front of the rake, another portion of the hay.

In the cross-bar at the top of the machine are placed stationary teeth 9 g g' g, in such a manner that the revolving teeth pass through them, and take the hay from them, causing it to pass over the cross-bar on to the cart wit-houacloggiug,

The follower-boardbehind the machine is fastened to the timber in the frame at the bottom of the machine by ineans. of hinges, and is secured at the top by means of hasps,-so as to have it close to .the'ends of the revolving teeth, which will elevate the hay without scattering it.

The wheel 72, in the shank I, fastened to the centre of theframe in the rear of the machine, isto steady the done, the rake can be fastened upfrom the ground to the cross-timber at the bottom of the machine, by means of hasps. Q I

On the shaft insidf of each wheel are ratchets J J, with dogs or catches, so arranged, thatin turning cor- 11ers, or backing'iu the field, the wheels will turn backward on the shaft, without turning the'machiue backward. ,I

.NVlien the load of hay is completed, the machine can be detached from the. cart and left in the field, ready for the next load.

Having described my. invention,

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the endless apron A, springs E, and inclines F F, to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

, JACOB F. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

J B. RAND, HORACE CALL. 

